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MySQL is a popular, free, open-source database program. MySQL can be downloaded directly from the MySQL developer website. However, as this video demonstrates, it is even easier to install it using Homebrew.

- [Teacher] For developing web applications,…we're going to need a database to store information.…In this movie, I'm gonna show you…how to get MySQL set up to be that database.…If you already have MySQL installed,…either because you've already been developing with it or…maybe you've taken another training course that included it,…you won't need to install it again.…Just skim over this movie to make sure…that you already know everything that I cover.…If you prefer to use a different database,…such as SQLite or PostGIS, you should be able…to use those without making any changes…to what I've demonstrated in this tutorial.…But we're gonna be sticking to MySQL,…and it'll be up to you to make any adjustments…that you need for those other databases.…

There are three steps to getting MySQL installed.…The first step is to install MySQL itself,…and for that, we have two ways of doing it.…We can go to the MySQL website and download…an installer and install it that way.…In the past, that was typically the only way…that you could get it installed.…

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9/28/2016

Learn to install all of the software necessary for developing projects in Ruby on Rails, the popular web application framework. This course is designed for developers and other users who want to install and configure Ruby on Rails 5 on their Mac. Kevin Skoglund shows how to use Unix to set up a complete development environment, including Xcode, Homebrew (an open-source software package manager), Ruby, RubyGems, and MySQL. Learn how to select an appropriate text editor and get started creating and launching new Ruby on Rails projects.